Education

Phillips Academy Completes Athletic Center

Pan Athletic/Natatorium Center

Andover, MA – Electrical Dynamics Inc (EDI) recently completed the Pan Athletic/Natatorium Center for Phillips Academy in Andover.

The construction manager was Stamar, Inc.; the project architect was Dimella Shaffer; and the MEP/FP engineer was Rist Frost Shumway Engineering.

The facility includes an Olympic-size swimming pool with viewing area and features its own wrestling room, dance studios, training center with conditioning and training equipment, and performance art theater. All of these areas are surrounded by complimentary entrance lobbies, a Hall of Honor and seating lounges.

The backbone of the facility has two cogeneration turbines, provisions for solar power, a third turbine and an expansion of the main electric service for the addition of an attached future facility.

EDI’s scope of work included site electric and communications utilities, site exterior lighting, interior lighting, and control systems, switchgear/distribution equipment, feeder distribution, voice evacuation fire alarm system, bi-directional antenna system, area of refuge communications system and conduit raceway and wiring systems for the PV system array, lightning protection system, micro turbine, theatrical lighting and controls, telephone/data/security/CCTV systems, wrestling and natatorium scoreboard/timing systems.

The new facility is scheduled for occupancy in early 2023.